international drug addiction president hosni mubarak vows to remain in office until september but some power to the vice president. like visit by president medvedev reveals major security lapses at a moscow railway station. the new accident christians in iraq fear they're being driven out of their country with constant sectarian attacks targeting the minority. international news life for most this is r.t. with me above all and thanks for joining us egyptian president hosni mubarak vials

to remain in office until september in a televised national address is said he will not step down and bow to foreign pressure and he also claimed that he was transferring some power to his vice president omar suleiman mubarak pointed out that the demands of the protesters were just and illegitimate that dress was not well received by hundreds of thousands gathered in tahrir square her erupted into angry chance against him and it's been more than two weeks since the mass uprising in the country which has been accompanied by a wave of violent clashes between pro and anti-government protesters after the speech one of the main opposition leaders mohamed el baradei said that the country will explode and ask the our meeting to vina on the protesters behalf so most cia officer. claire also things the protesters the protests rather could turn violent. now we have the president. said he will not meet. that they are going to

express. and gave the yard. away our government building as we see they're doing in fact the movement has already selected a leadership. and this leadership consists among others groups of the muslim brotherhood so i do not believe that the muslim brotherhood necessarily will get over the movement the movement remains secularized lived through a professional movement from of course the judges so it is not one specific ideology so there are some members who are extremists but for the most part the muslim brotherhood has participated in the general elections and already indicated there would be really does a big trailer and free elections in each president barack obama has

also been critical of the move his said they gyptian government had missed an opportunity to make a clear path towards democracy and food more assessment of this latest development in egypt let's go live to seattle and speak with ramsey barrett the editor of palestine political dot com and mr barrett thank you very much for your time so how is the political struggle unfolding in cairo who are the main players endorse are there jack to. well at this point it seems to me that there are two major players that have. one is that. is that of hosni mubarak and a few cronies who it's just. holding tight and somehow or i'm not letting it go on the other hand you have the egyptian people growingly and increasingly united in their call for his out. as far as opus ition parties are concerned in egypt including the muslim brotherhood it seems to me that they are going to either stepping aside or rallying behind their people and allowing that people to have

their say to the end the wild card if you will at this point is the army to morrow it's becoming increasingly clear that the army would have made it or. make up its mind on whether it wishes to join the people fully into this neutral position or to continue going to. find they are going to have a weak distance and staying there i think we have reached a point that if the army continues to excuse my language to really daily with this this we could see serious by then see egypt tomorrow so all eyes and ears are right now i think army to determine the next step. yes in one of your articles they gyptian have revolted in style and there are lucia will go down in history books with such objectives as great noble and historic if that's still the case with

president mubarak refusing to step down. as a hosni mubarak is trying to egyptian. this hollywood style you know india. does it i mean it really didn't have to have this kind of final showdown between the egyptian people and their very very stubborn president but he insisted on turning it that way. in my opinion that illusion is still noble is still great. but hosni mubarak use this to hand even if you just talk him from his side that i am going to step down and allow democracy to take its proper course he insists on meeting this extremely difficult for all the parties involved but most importantly for his own people he has and also president obama has been critical of the egyptian government for not taking a decisive step on the path to democracy how they really miss the opportunity. well

i think obama and the u.s. administration have themselves not taken a precise kind of precise and clear stance on this issue initially decided with the people and the government then the calls for reforms the call for immediate and. serious changes that sort of thing but they haven't really cool clearly and we need . to step down i think the u.s. administration has who looked to be not entirely relevant to this process maybe the white house want to think that they are a decisive factor in determining the outcome of the if you can debate lucian but until now this seems to be really kind of on the margins making the rules and nobody seems to be listening to them whatsoever. yes and of course you are an expert on palestine could this pressure as destabilize the region especially when it comes to egypt israeli relations should israel be worried. i think that israel

should be seriously worried because for the last thirty years or more deadly sins are signing up at camp david agreement and it's very hardy and. egypt has sold its sovereignty it has sold its sovereignty to american military aid and to israel and the expense of its own people and the expense of the region now the equation well be straightened out again i think the region is already and steeper and it's unstable because of these alliances between the so-called moderate our apps out there who western arabs and the so-called drive because i think if egypt thinks it's its rightful position as a leader and arab leader and a regional leader we might actually see some real serious changes in the political setup. in the region and i think israel will take a very serious note of that. can never read

live from sale thank you very much indeed for your time. we're going on now an urgent investigation has been launched after the russian president personally discovered major security lapses at a railway station moscow it came when dmitri medvedev paid a surprise visit to one of the capital's main stations and as artie's sarafov discovered their shared checkout has cost many red faces. stars and the passengers here train station with extremely surprised by the arrival of president. plans to check out the security systems here at the train station we know that he was extremely displeased with what he found when he entered the station he couldn't see any police officers though in a metal detectors now he was accompanied by the heads of the federal security service and the interior ministry we know that he addressed the staff and the sort of the police officer here and he was actually quite angry when he was questioning

that as to why exactly these measures were in place but as for the order i haven't seen a single policeman at the railway station i understand that there are c.c.t.v. cameras but still what about. their standby duty and ruwi station we've walked around the whole together with the minister but i haven't noticed a single policeman transport security has been the talk of president medvedev agenda since her take i've done the data for airports and today carrying out spot check is showing that he's extremely serious in ensuring that the measures are now up to scratch when he visited here is he said he spoke to the stuff we've heard him speaking at the crime and of course the finger of a play pointing a number of authorities that he really highlighted the federal security service as really holding top responsibility and what he was saying to them is they really need to be making sure that they're doing their job not just immediately after the attack but they're putting these merged in place that will stay in place. from now

on the federal security service will be responsible for coordinating security measures on transport the railways must be protected exactly the same as airports you must know what your offices are exactly doing at that moment they must not drink tea or walk without any purpose they must do their work. the system was there from present they have again in the wake of the attacks we had to talking very seriously about what he calls a system failure really they need to get this up to standard now and they're going to be very serious about implementing this and if people aren't at the job we've heard him say they'll simply be replaced by people who are we've already seen a number of high profile firings that mung the chief of the federal transportation security service again today with the support check highlighting some may just security lapses possibly some further firing stick on but the essential message now is that the security system needs to be tight it needs to be solid and uncompromising and the shakers going to continue until that's in place. so coming

up on the program a brain drain in the baltics. with you amy has one of the highest levels of immigration in the u. many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment beyond the borders of their day to the country so we'll explore why so many people in a way here are looking abroad for. germany's chancellor over the killing of dozens of afghanistan civilians in iran to taliban let's try to guess about. sectarian violence has forced iraqi christians to seek haven in a relatively calm northern region of kurdistan hundreds of thousands of the minority group fled there in the gears following the two thousand and three u.s. led invasion and sebastian my reports from iraq those has stayed continued continue to target of extremists. every night miriam gets ready for bed with her family but

it's not her bed it's not even her house miriam and her family are christian iraqis who have been forced to flee from baghdad to the semi autonomous kurdish region because they become targets of extremist groups in the country in two thousand and seven miriam was hit by a bomb that was planted outside her house the lack i want to put my arms just to buy some chocolate and come back i went out and didn't see anything i just heard the bomb and i fell to the ground and the room was lying in the street with her foot dangling from her leg her father i had rushed outside. i saw my daughter lying like it was a living. my daughter was lying in the growing and people were running. everything was covered in dark. so i picked up my daughter with her leg dying i almost lost it i was showing my daughter she's been hit by

a bomb but. luckily i had was able to get her to a doctor who could repair her leg but others have not been so lucky in october last year fifty six people were killed by militants when they attacked the our lady of salvation church in baghdad in the following weeks dozens more were killed in attacks across the country many fear that eventually christians will be driven out of iraq completely of the eight hundred thousand christians in the country before two thousand and three almost half of fled in the past month alone four thousand have moved to the comparative safety of the northern kurdish region here they can worship and live in peace but in leaving their homes they've lost absolutely everything many like miriam's father and are forced to make a living cleaning toilets in bars and restaurants. i served for seven years in the military under saddam hussein i'm an iraqi christian and i don't have a square switch of lines in my name why what's my crime many in the church feel

that countries in the west are responsible. americans are liars we don't trust their reputation is terrible because everywhere they have light the us train the sunni and shia and they just watch while they kill it is impossible not to see all these murders but they don't get involved. it's the end of a long day and time for the family to go to bed everyone gets ready and eventually the lights are switched off in the darkness and uncertainty miriam and the rest of her family are left to dream about and hope for a better tomorrow sebastian meier r t so i'm in the iraq. when is experiencing a war in brain drain with the population plummeting by more than ten percent in the last decade and the impact on the world financial crisis has made the outflow people even more aggressive. young educated and unemployed

the rhenish to choose a twenty four year old computer science graduate she can't find work in her native bilis so is headed to another country in search of a job she's one of the lucky ones she'll be reunited with her mother and father who have already made the switch i have finished university here and i couldn't find a job because of their economic. situation in the country. and my parents and they're living in ireland for six years whole already and i decided. to ireland today with them and to find a job there more and more lithuanians are falling victim to the baltic brain drain young people finish their studies at home and then look for a job in western europe where salaries are much higher however the global financial crisis and crippling recession in countries like ireland means that the move abroad doesn't always provide the opportunities it once did its always so risky but. it's

now a days it's better to go to ireland. to find a job if there. is job then sitting just here and doing nothing this. is carrying out a census in march to determine the current population demographic preliminary government statistics for twenty ten show that last year alone an estimated eighty three thousand people left the country many in search of work elsewhere if you or anyone has one of the highest levels of immigration in the e.u. many of the young people who i've spoken to here say they see their future employment beyond the borders of their native country this is one of the reasons that the twenty eleven census that will take place here will be the most comprehensive in the nation's history. with questionnaires in english russian polish as well as if you were in the department of. social statistics are desperate

to find out how many people are living in the country they expect to see the two thousand and one population of three point four million four by almost five hundred thousand with no apparent end in sight to the exodus the long term estimates paint bleak picture for the next forty years. but. in the year two thousand and fifty. why. it's determined to build this is to try and keep the best and brightest from being lost to the brain drain to safeguard the future of social security the second is to call our health security to may be used to provide conditions for people to study which now it's. difficult because it is becoming expensive people spend money on studying i mean i. think we have to rearrange the actual system access some sort

of people for especially for young people any changes come too late for rena she's already made her move to pastures new and the search for employment in western europe these are all of the bills. remember there's always more news on our website doc home and here's what's lined up for you online right now. despite that tempting cycle one hundred and twenty thousand dollars a bus drive a bus or take the on this road to finding. and the comfort of his office is a rush to get into hot water after appearing at an amateur video showing the billing side of the job find out about these stories and more on our website party talks. german chancellor angela merkel has been questioned over a military air tight i asked tribe which killed dozens of civilians in afghanistan's conducive province almost two years ago it comes as the country's parliament voted to extend the military mission in the country by one year after

one hundred forty two people were killed dozens of them civilians and as a result of this strike on two fuel tankers hijacked by taliban militants the incident sparked a political storm in germany claiming the jobs of several top military officials peace acts ownership jones a bargain that says the nato countries that just puppets controlled by the hands of the us when it comes to the war in afghanistan. from the point of the americans germany is certainly reluctant. from the point of view of the german pup population . the government is eager to be in alliance with the united states in the question of afghanistan and other questions what really happens is certainly a play. completely of a chess game on. on the international scale that is led by the united states foreign policy and united states think tank. the europeans and the

nato countries are allies in this system and they as i said they try to benefit from. resource influence from oil influence the politicians are in the close alliance of close dependence with the military industrial complex so they are in this thinking of gaining from this war only in minor questions can nato allies deviate from this from the general united states strategy. and now for a brief look at some other major headlines from around the world a teenage suicide bomber dressed in school uniform has struck at a military facility in northwestern pakistan killing at least thirty soldiers and wounding over forty others that target detonated his explosives laden bears during an early training session in the large area the incident is described as one of the

worst against pakistani security forces in recent months ministers have carried out scores of suicide bombings and other terror attacks in the past few years in the region killing thousands. at least six people have been killed and six injured after a small plane crashed at the airport in the republic of ireland the commuter aircraft overturned and caught fire while trying to land in heavy fog the monks to play made two previous attempts to land it had been travelling from belfast to northern ireland the accident is the deadliest in irish aviation since nineteen sixty eight . while there's the news from around the world this hour now relations between london and moscow have been rocking in recent years with many unresolved issues still hanging over the two all she spoke to the new russian ambassador to britain alexander lukashenko about how he expects the relationship to progress that's coming up in just a few moments. today

i'm at the russian embassy in london talking to mr alexander who's just taken up the post as the new russian ambassador to the u.k. thank you very much for talking to us he congratulations on your new posting and a very warm welcome to london on a human level relationships between the u.k.

and russia are very good lots of work in russia russian culture is widely celebrated but on a diplomatic and political level they're not so why do you think that well i think it's the task you know for the diplomats and for the political leaders you know to get the of course. to do their best to have. political relations and as far as the russian britain recently i would like to say that the last year was very fruitful from that point of view there were two meetings of the. president of russia and the prime minister of britain that was in canada and then saw we expect the visit of mr lager all of this will be next week which is very important in the mr hague was. in russia you know the negotiations were very productive and we expect the visit of mr kerr room this year will. i mean the embassy we're studying preparing this visit so the the texture of the political

context a very important but i would like to see what is even more important that you know of course the. as you said the. the connections between the people and the russian culture is the probably this is the test for that and we know that a lot of events going on in london a lot of people are coming russians feel comfortable in london with thousands of them who doing business who just simply leave here and what is very important that the economic relations are going very well and the recent deal between the b.p. and the rusty after was just one of the examples but if you look at the in a broader sense what's going on the to the business this the good indicator is the level of the trade but the last meeting of the international committee of

trade and investment just showed that we had six day mentions directions of the corporations and we are planning to cooperate in different areas like for example. the brits will help us to make the international financial center we expect to cooperate on the energy efficiency so basically i am very optimistic about the economic areas of corporation between our two countries and as far as your job case what areas that you target said that you will focus on in terms of cooperation altshuler frankly have to to to to to to point to know all the all the areas there are so this is politics definitely this is economy this is technology because you know we're building skolkovo with the brits building you know the same center not far from london reason regime we're in favor of the better conditions you know we want the same conditions. you have to be rippin union and really you know to move

in this direction and definitely will try you know to see the good reaction you know from the u.k. the run no small questions in the by the tribulations you head of the press department to the ministry in moscow how do you assess the british press particularly the notes taken up by tabloid newspapers do you think that british people can get an accurate perspective on international affairs from the press well i think i think that the first of all the british press is global they're not concentrated just on the local issues they're taking the issues globally and in this sense they're very competitive secondly you know there is a fast growing internet. and the third or what is very interesting to me is that the in britain you are trying to find the new ways how you know to present the news and the last idea of murder you know to issue the the new let's say the brit between the new space between the i mean in the internet in

the in the printed version it's a very interesting it's very challenging question and of course definitely it's very interesting you know for the russian press because you know if you look at the russian internet you know it's it's basically the same as in the u.k. but if you have a global look at the press of the u.k. i would like to say that they get. adequate picture was going on in the world and on the national level to the u.k. still harbors people sort under the russian legal system people that they sell ski . racer recently mocked. is the subject of the largest claim ever made in a u.k. commercial court and what do you think it will take for the u.k. to change its position on that kind of cooperation with russia you just say you know in general. this is there are some specific case. course so we have to

deal with the every specific case you know case by case basis the i have yet to thank you very much thank you. well when one deals with war for us to realize that this tremendous amounts of damage that have done not just human damage but damage to the physical environment in which the battlefield takes place tremendous amounts of damage done by aerial bombs by napalm boy chemicals that whether it's a sonic boom six factory marine mammals or it's the burning oil field syria or iraq or egypt's destroyed coral reefs in the pacific for landing purposes the list just goes on and on the geneva conventions of nineteen forty nine states that share shall be taken in war to protect the involved against widespread

long term and severe damage the united states although it is accepted almost all of the provisions protocol one has taken exception to that. they say state this is not a provocation but warning that. the forces that we should step should you sure disapprove retraced peaceful they have no idea about the hardships that we face. plate wanted with this is it all of them to needs to. bring the army to life level using them is the most precious thing in the world. is of self-sacrifice and heroism with those who understand it fully but you have to live it.